Built in 1895. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
One of 44 National Register listings published here for Mariposa County · listed in 1979 · category: Building · built in 1895, by Hugh Davanay.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of McGurk Cabin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,511 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 4 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Natural | 76 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | STOCK TRAIL |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | TAFT |
| 5 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | TAFT |
| 5 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | PILE |
| 4 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | WARRANT |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | BRIDALVIEL |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | BRUIN |
| 3 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Yosemite National Park | BRIDAL |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Yosemite Valley Bridges | 3.7 miles | 1977 |
 | Yosemite Valley | 4.0 miles | 2006 |
 | Camp 4 | 4.6 miles | 2003 |
 | Glacier Point Trailside Museum | 4.6 miles | 1978 |
 | Yosemite Valley Chapel | 4.7 miles | 1973 |
 | LeConte Memorial Lodge | 5.0 miles | 1977 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000281 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Mariposa County | All 44 listed properties in this county. |
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